Beware the band-aid

Just a little PSA and an FYI. If your child has a band-aid on his boo-boo, even if it's a boo-boo that doesn't actually need a band-aid for medical purposes such as to stop bleeding or hold some body part together, the band-aid will render the limb or other portion of the body on which it's placed completely immobile for the time period that the band-aid is in tact.

The next day the affected body part will be completely back to normal until of course your child realizes the band-aid is still stuck to him at which point the perfectly normally working portion of your child's body will once again become useless.

Case in point.
Nicholas needed and I mean NEEDED a band-aid for this boo-boo on his hand. A boo-boo that has been scabbed over and hasn't oozed any blood or other fluids for almost a week now. The scab is actually half gone as the boo-boo is almost completely healed. I obliged his request last night because what can it hurt? From that point on, this arm was held at a 90 degree angle by his side for the rest of the evening and he was unable to hold his own cup, carry his own toys, or feel the presence of air on his poor little hand.

Doesn't he look pitiful?